Oxford No. 16 / Oxeneford

INFORMATION

FontID: 13005OXF
Object Type: Baptismal Font?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Boduc
Church Patron Saints: St. Boduc
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: [cf. FontNotes]
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Oxford]
Historical Region: Hundred of Headington
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 10th - 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Font Notes:
There are thirteen entries for Oxford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP5106/oxford/] [accessed 9 November 2016], two of which mention a church in each. Gardner's Gazetteer (1852) reports that "the ancient church of St. Benedict stood in this parish [i.e., the parish of St. Ebbe], just without the west gate of the city. About 300 yards west of this, was another church dedicated to St. Boduc, Both these parishes were, soon after the conquest, united to St. George's within the precints of the castle, and the churches fell into decay". [NB: we have no information on the fonts of these lost churchs]

REFERENCES

Gardner, Robert, History, gazetteer and directory of the County of Oxford, comprising [...], Peterborough: Printed and published by Robert Gardner, 1852